An accessible archival resource guide geared towards supporting the work of Indigenous archivists and archival practitioners who may not have had formal archival training, but who have archival work as part of their work portfolios.
This report, completed in August 2024, summarizes supports needed at Indigenous archives in Alberta. It provides actionable steps for the Archives Society of Alberta and Alberta’s archival community to work towards.
ASA would like to thank University Blue Quills, the Government of Alberta, and Edmonton Heritage Council for making this report possible.
We want to acknowledge that Indigenous people were at the forefront of this work and we would like to express our gratitude for the trust, communication, and time that was spent with us to provide foundational guidance for the ASA to carry forward this work.
This Toolkit was created to help answer “where do we even begin and how do we stay on the path towards Reconciliation?” The Toolkit is intended to be a starting point to support information professionals develop new ways of understanding the Indigenous records within their holdings and develop respectful and reciprocal relationships with their Indigenous colleagues/communities.
To learn more about the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, how it was formed and how these Calls to Action were developed, visit: https://nctr.ca/about/history-of-the-trc/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-of-canada/.
Developed in 2007, this UN declaration provides a minimum standard for protecting the rights of Indigenous peoples.
Released in 2021, the Steering Committee on Canada’s Archives’ Reconciliation Commission Taskforce developed this framework as a guide for archives to work towards reconciliation and decolonizing practices.
ASA acknowledges that our office is located in Treaty 6 territory, the traditional land of the Dene, Métis, Salteaux, Nakoda Sioux, Cree and Blackfoot peoples. As we are a provincial organization, our work is spread throughout all of Alberta, and as such, we recognize Treaty 7 & 8 and all Indigenous, Métis and Inuit people and their lands that our work touches.